MU completed the Staff Job Title and Salary Study in 2014 which assessed staff job titles (except service/maintenance job titles) in an effort to consolidate jobs with comparable responsibilities into a single global title as well as ensure sustainable and fair compensation is given to all employees. An internally equitable and externally competitive compensation and classification system for enhanced recruitment and retention of staff was developed through the study. The study reviewed and evaluated over 1,600 job titles affecting over 5,700 campus employees. Using a new Global Grading System (GGS), market data was collected and pay ranges developed to create a new compensation structure.

Human Resource Services runs regular reports to ensure employees are paid into the ranges of their official job title. If an employee is paid below the minimum of the range for the title, then HRS works with departments to ensure the employee is moved up into the range.

HRS also ensures that no employee is paid less than the Federal or State minimum wage rate, whichever is higher and most favorable to the employee. Currently, the Missouri minimum wage is $7.65/hr.

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (assessing employee compensation)?:

Yes

Number of staff and faculty that receive sustainable compensation:

7,362.30

Date Revised: March 16, 2015

University of Missouri requested that AASHE Staff correct a mistake in
this reporting field for the reason specified below.

Previous Value:
2589 None

Explanation:
69% of all staff and faculty make more than $17.08, which is the "sustainable compensation" or living wage amount.

Number of employees of contractors that receive sustainable compensation:

0

A brief description of the standard(s) against which compensation was assessed:

The standard that we used was the MIT Living Wage Calculator for Boone County, Missouri. The living wage assessed for this area is $17.08/hour for two adults and two children.

Date Revised: March 16, 2015

University of Missouri requested that AASHE Staff correct a mistake in
this reporting field for the reason specified below.

Previous Value:
unsure

Explanation:
Having the response "unsure" was an oversight, because we used the MIT living wage calculator. http://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/29019

A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, full-time employees:

Employees at the University of MO are paid no less than $7.65/hour. The University currently has three salary plans for staff titles all of which pay above the minimum wage:SALARY PLAN GRADE MINIMUM WAGE RATES/M 1 $ 8.93/hourGGS 1 $ 7.65/hourPAT 1 $ 9.27/hour

**The University of Missouri System offers a comprehensive benefit programs that gives employees flexibility with the choices involving health and financial security. The benefits offered as a part of the myTotal Rewards package include medical, dental, vision, accidental death and dismemberment, and life insurance programs, long term disability, educational assistance and tuition reduction

A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, part-time employees:

see above

A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid temporary (non-regular) staff:

Temporary, non-regular staff are not eligible for the University’s health and welfare benefits. However, these employees are paid no less than $7.65 per hour. The University’s internal temporary staffing office pays its temporary employees, at minimum, $9.00/hour.

A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid temporary (non-regular, adjunct or contingent) faculty:

see above

A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid student employees (graduate and/or undergraduate, as applicable):

Undergraduate students are paid anywhere from $7.65/hour and up depending on the work they are performing. Graduate students are paid no less than $13.08/hour.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE
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